Philadelphia Flyers center Jeremy Roenick broke his jaw Thursday night when a puck hit him in the face during a game against the New York Rangers. Roenick was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital for X-rays, and the Flyers said on their media hotline he suffered a broken and lacerated jaw.

The players at the NHL All-Star Game Feb. 8 in St. Paul will represent about as wide a range in age as possible. At 19, Columbus winger Rick Nash will be the youngest to appear since 1986. The New York Rangers' Mark Messier, 43, will be history's third oldest All-Star.

Let's face the truth that it really didn't matter what happened around the NHL on a day-to-day basis in the 1970s and 1980s. But things have changed. The simplest way to describe the difference between hockey today and hockey yesterday is that now, everything matters.

The Vancouver Canucks sent backup goaltender Johan Hedberg and center Brandon Reid to Manitoba of the AHL on Friday. Hedberg missed 18 games after breaking his wrist Dec. 9 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Thrashers activated left wing Jeff Cowan and placed left wing Serge Aubin on injured reserve.

Phoenix goaltender Brian Boucher became the first NHL goaltender in more than 50 years to post four consecutive shutouts as the Coyotes blanked Washington 3-0 on Wednesday. Boucher tied Bill Durnan's record run of four in a row set with Montreal in 1949.

Brian Boucher made 26 saves for his third straight shutout, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 3-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. Boucher has stopped 82 shots in the past three games and is unbeaten in seven starts (4-0-3). The Coyotes have won three in a row and earned at least a point in nine straight games.